Pedagogy

We want to learn from you about how teachers of Yiddish Studies approach (or avoid) teaching about Zionism and anti-Zionism in their classes, be it in its historical or contemporary manifestations.

Feb 10, 2022

Marianne Tatom polled Yiddish teachers outside the university classroom about their teaching strategies and experiences teaching online during a pandemic.

Feb 03, 2021

The latest in our series of polls for teachers of Yiddish. This time, we want to learn how you modify your teaching for different settings — classroom format, class frequency, student composition, and so on. Please take the poll and share widely!

Apr 20, 2020

How and when do our readers teach khurbn materials in their Yiddish language classes? We’ve assembled responses to this poll in our loyt di lerers series.

Feb 23, 2020

The latest in our series in which we poll Yiddish studies instructors about a topic related to their teaching. This time, we want to know whether and how you introduce the topic of the Holocaust in your Yiddish language instruction.

Oct 15, 2019

Apr 28, 2019

A conversation between language instructors who teach and think about online courses, answering a series of questions that we posed in order to reflect on the state of online Yiddish language learning.

Dec 12, 2018

Apr 26, 2018

Instructors share their thoughts on teaching with Sholem Aleichem.

Apr 03, 2018

Instructors share their thoughts on sharing about their personal lives and commitments while teaching Yiddish language or culture.

Jan 15, 2018